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Issue: Vol. 1174 No. 1: 19 Apr. 2006
Type: Articles
Published: 2006-04-19
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1174.1.5
Page range: 63–68
Abstract views: 60
PDF downloaded: 3

A new species of Apenesia (Hymenoptera, Bethylidae) from India, a parasitoid of coffee white stem borer Xylotrechus quadripes (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae)

Universidade Federal do Espirito Santo, Departamento de Biologia, Av. Marechal Campos 1468, Maruípe, 29.040-090 Vitória ES, Brasi
Universidade Federal do Espirito Santo, Departamento de Biologia, Av. Marechal Campos 1468, Maruípe, 29.040-090 Vitória ES, Brasil
Hymenoptera Apenesia Bethylidae Oriental region Taxonomy coffee borer Cerambycidae

Abstract

Apenesia sahyadrica sp. nov. is described and illustrated based on specimens from Arabic coffee infested with the white stem borer Xylotrechus quadripes Chevrolat. The new species is endemic to Western India and is under laboratory rearing in Coffee Research Station Chikmagalur for biocontrol of this pest. The new species is compared with other related species of Oriental Apenesia.

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